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 Mars
( August 23, 2003 )
Distance : aprox. 5,600x104km
Angular Diameter: aprox.
25 arcseconds
Detail : This image
was taken four days before Mars' closest approach
to Earth in 60,000 years. The video rate for this
picture was one exposure every thirty seconds.
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Mars
(July 20, 2003)
Distance : aprox. 6,900x10 4
km
Angular Diameter: aprox.
20 arcseconds
Detail : This image
was taken one month before Mars' closest approach
to Earth in 60,000 years. The video rate for this
picture was one exposure every thirty seconds.
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Jupiter and Europa
Distance : aprox.
8x108 km
Detail : Jupiter, the
biggest planet in the solar system, and one of its
larger moons,Europa, are both captured in this image.
The dark spot on Jupiter's northern hemisphere is
the shadow of Europa.
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L1551
IRS 5
Distance : 450 Light
years
Constellation : Taurus
Detail : The brighter
red region towards the center of the image is thought
to have a binary system of protostars.
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TAU
Distance : 456 Light
years
Constellation : Taurus
Detail : A protoplanetary
disk surrounds this young star that is about 10 million
years old.
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T
Tau
Distance :
550 Light years
Constellation : Taurus
Detail : A thin protoplanetary
disk still surrounds this young star that is about
1 million years old.
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IC
418 (Planetary Nebula)
Distance : 1300 Light
years
Constellation : Lepus
Detail : The white dwarf,
from where the gas of this nebula came from, is not
at the center of the nebula but is shifted to the
left. It is thought that this is because of the irregular
stellar wind that comes from the white dwarf.
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IC
434:Horsehead Nebula (Dark Molecular Cloud)
Distance : 1300 Light
years
Constellation : Orion
Detail : Dark nebula
is blocking the light of the stars behind it creating
a silhouette that looks like a horse' head.
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NGC
2024 [East] (Emission Nebula)
Distance : 1304 Light
years
Constellation : Orion
Detail : Material for
star formation is found in the dark regions of this
image. The red regions of this image contain excited
hydrogen.
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NGC
2024 [West] (Emission Nebula)
Distance :
1304 Light years
Constellation : Orion
Detail : The red color
of the region is due to hydrogen atoms in the nebula
becoming excited and emitting red light. Astronomers
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NGC
2392:Eskimo Nebula ( Planetary Nebula)
Distance :
1360 Light years
Constellation : Gemini
Detail : One of the
most famous planetary nebulae. This object looks like
an Eskimo that is wearing a fur hat, hence why it
is known as the "Eskimo Nebula".
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Object 29 & 102
Distance : 1500 Light
years
Constellation : Taurus
Detail : There are protostars
inside the dark nebula with jets of material flowing
out from their rotational poles.
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M
42:Orion Nebula (Emission Nebula)
Distance : 1500 Light
years
Constellation : Orion
Detail : This is just
center region of the vast Orion nebula. The four bright
stars in the upper right corner are called the "Trapezium".
They are newborn stars made with a higher concentration
of heavy elements.
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M78
(Reflection Nebula)
Distance : 1600 Light
years
Constellation : Orion
Detail :White light passing
through a nebula will have its blue light filtered
and scattered more readily than its red light. Since
M78 looks blue, the light comes from a star located
to the side of it and is called a reflection nebula.
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Red
Rectangle (Proto-Planetary Nebula)
Distance :
2300 Light years
Constellation : Monoceros
Detail : This star is
a red giant at the moment and it will end its life
when it turns into a planetary nebula. The name "
Red Rectangle" comes from the star's appearance.
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NGC
2264 :Cone Nebula (Emission Nebula)
Distance :
2600 Light years
Constellation : Monoceros
Detail : The dark molecular
cloud blocks the light from the stars behind it creating
a silhouette that looks like a cone. Stars are found
to form in dark molecular cloud like the cone nebula.
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NGC
2438 [Wide]
(Planetary Nebula)
Distance :
2930 Light years
Constellation : Puppis
Detail : Oxygen and
hydrogen gas come from a dying star in the middle
of the nebula. The gas is bombarded by radiation from
the dying star causing the oxygen to glow green and
the hydrogen glow red.
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NGC
2438 [Zoom]
(Planetary Nebula)
Distance :
2930 Light years
Constellation : Puppis
Detail : Oxygen and
hydrogen gas come from a dying star in the middle
of the nebula. The gas is bombarded by radiation from
the dying star causing the oxygen to glow green and
the hydrogen glow red.
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